Lesson 13: Units 1 and 2 Grammar Review

Question 1

The two basic parts of a sentence are ___.

Answer 1

the subject and the predicate

Question 2

Give the five vowel letters and their long sounds in Latin.

Answer 2

a, e, i, o, u

/ah/ /ay/ /ee/ /oh/ ōō/

Question 3

How do you find the perfect stem?

Answer 3

Drop -i from the 3rd principal part.

Question 4

The future perfect tense endings are identical to ___ except for the ___.

Answer 4

the future tense of sum; 3rd person plural

Question 5

The imperfect tense sign is ___.

Answer 5

ba

Question 6

What English helping verbs translate the Latin perfect tense?

Answer 6

have, has, did

Question 7

In Latin, gn is pronounced like ___. Give two examples.

Answer 7

/ny/; pugno (I fight), magnus (large)

Question 8

The pluperfect tense describes what kind of action?

Answer 8

a past action completed prior to another past action

Question 9

Give the two grammar numbers.

Answer 9

singular, plural

Question 10

What is the name of the 2nd principal part?

Answer 10

infinitive

Question 11

The pluperfect tense is built on the ___ stem.

Answer 11

perfect

Question 12

The future perfect tense is built on the ___ stem.

Answer 12

perfect

Question 13

Give the six attributes of a Latin verb.

Answer 13

conjugation, person, number, tense, voice, mood

Question 14

The predicate tells ___

Answer 14

what the subject is or does

Question 15

The 1st person is the person ___.

The 2nd person is the person ___.

The 3rd person is the person ___.

Answer 15

speaking

spoken to

spoken about

Question 16

What English helping verbs translate the future perfect tense?

Answer 16

will have

Question 17

Give the names for the three forms of the English present tense.

Answer 17

simple present, progressive present, emphatic present

Question 18

What is Sentence Pattern #1?

Answer 18

Subject + Verb

Question 19

The perfect tense is built on the ___ stem.

Answer 19

perfect

Question 20

The infinitive ending for all 1st conjugation verbs is ___.

Answer 20

-are

Question 21

Give the names, from left to right, of the last three syllables of a Latin word.

Answer 21

antepenult; penult; ultima

Question 22

How many Latin tenses are there? Name them.

Answer 22

six; present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect, future perfect

Question 23

The perfect tense describes what kind of action?

Answer 23

a one-time action completed in the past

Question 24

Verb families are called ___.

Answer 24

conjugations

Question 25

What are principal parts? How many are there?

Answer 25

The forms that provide the stems needed to conjugate a verb in all its tenses. There are usually four principal parts.

Question 26

Give two Latin words that have the long sound of the five vowels.

Answer 26

glória Jesu

Question 27

Soft c has the sound of ___ in English and ___ in Latin.

Answer 27

/s/; /ch/

Question 28

What is *Sentence Pattern #2*?

Answer 28

Subject + Verb + Direct Object

Question 29

What English helping verb translates the Latin future tenses?

Answer 29

will

Question 30

The accent is on the ___ unless the ___ is marked.

Answer 30

penult; antepenult

Question 31

Give the regular endings for the principal parts of 1st conjugation verbs.

Answer 31

**-o -are -avi -atus**

Question 32

The imperfect tense is used to describe an \_\_\_, \_\_\_, ___ or ___ \_\_\_action.

Answer 32

ongoing, repeated, habitual; interrupted

Question 33

Give the English forms of the *to be* verb.

Answer 33

am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been

Question 34

In Latin grammar, *imperfect* means \_\_\_.

Answer 34

not finished

Question 35

Always in Latin and usually in English, c, g, and sc are _hard_ before

Answer 35

**a, o, u**, consonants

Question 36

How many conjugations are there? Name them.

Answer 36

four; first, second, third, fourth

Question 37

The present system is built on the \_\_\_.

Answer 37

present stem

Question 38

The tenses that make up the present system are \_\_\_, \_\_\_, ___ and they are built on the \_\_\_.

Answer 38

perfect, pluperfect, future perfect; perfect stem

Question 39

In Latin grammar, *perfect* means \_\_\_.

Answer 39

finished

Question 40

The future perfect tense describes what kind of action?

Answer 40

a future action that will be completed prior to another future action

Question 41

Always in Latin and usually in English, c, g, and sc are _soft_ before

Answer 41

**e, i, ae, oe**

Question 42

Give three translations for **amavi**.

Answer 42

I loved, I have loved, I did love

Question 43

The three tenses that make up the present system are \_\_\_.

Answer 43

present, imperfect, future

Question 44

The pluperfect tense endings are identical to \_\_\_.

Answer 44

the imperfect tense of **sum**

Question 45

The subject tells

Answer 45

**who** or **what** the sentence is about

Question 46

The *to be* verb shows \_\_\_, not \_\_\_.

Answer 46

existence; action

Question 47

The stem vowel of the 1st conjugation is \_\_.

Answer 47

a

Question 48

Give the three grammar persons.

Answer 48

first person, second person, third person

Question 49

In Latin and English, hard c has the sound of

Answer 49

/k/

Question 50

In English *I praise* is the ___ present, *I am praising* is the ___ present, and *I do praise* is the ___ present.

Answer 50

simple; progressive; emphatic

Question 51

What English helping verbs translate the imperfect tense?

Answer 51

were, was

Question 52

What English helping verb translates the pluperfect tense?

Answer 52

had

Question 53

The English infinitive is written with the particle ___ before the verb.

Answer 53

to

Question 54

What is the first complement in this text?

Answer 54

the complementary infinitive

Question 55

Something that completes the action of the verb is a \_\_\_.

Answer 55

complement

Question 56

How do you find the present stem?

Answer 56

Drop **re** from the infinitive